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This is a list of aviation museums and museums that contain significant aerospace-related exhibits throughout the world. The aviation museums are listed alphabetically by country and their article name.
Aviation Museum of Santa Paula at the Santa Paula Airport, Santa Paula [3] SFO Museum at the San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco [4] Flight Path Museum & Learning Center at Los Angeles International Airport Imperial Terminal, Los Angeles, California [5]
Minnesota Air National Guard Museum [citation needed] Selfridge Military Air Museum [citation needed] Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum [24] This museum was once part of the Air Force museum system, but was renamed and transferred to the Space Force when it became an independent branch: Air Force Space and Missile Museum [citation needed]
The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution is a museum in Washington, D.C., in the United States, dedicated to human flight and space exploration. Established in 1946 as the National Air Museum , its main building opened on the National Mall near L'Enfant Plaza in 1976.
The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum is an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit, aviation museum in McMinnville, Oregon.Its exhibits include the Hughes H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose) and more than fifty military and civilian aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), and spacecraft.
The Sullenberger Aviation Museum, formerly the Carolinas Aviation Museum, [2] is an aviation museum on the grounds of Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is one of a few aviation museums located at an airport which serves as a major hub (Charlotte is the No. 2 hub for American Airlines ).
The museum purchased a C-123 and trucked it to the airport in 2019. [5] [6] After originally considering building a new hangar, the museum moved to the former Fairchild Aircraft Flight Test Hangar in 2020 and purchased the building three years later. [1] [7] [8] [9] The museum held a grand opening on 14 September 2024. [10]
An aviation museum, air museum, or air and space museum is a museum exhibiting the history and artifacts of aviation. In addition to actual, replica or accurate reproduction aircraft , exhibits can include photographs , maps , models , dioramas , clothing and equipment used by aviators .